Puerto Nariño is the second municipality of the Amazonas department of Colombia, located on the shore of the Amazon River.
Puerto Nariño coves an area of . It has about 6,000 residents, most of them are indigenous (from the Ticuna tribe) and its specificity is that it is entirely pedestrian, no car or motorcycle being allowed, as an experiment in an ecological community. The traffic with the smaller communities along the river, and with Leticia, the only other Colombian municipality in the region, takes place by motorboats. It is the second largest Colombian settlement in the Southern Hemisphere, after Leticia
The area is named after a famous Colombian general, Antonio Nariño, who took an active part in the independence war against the Spanish occupiers.
Geography
thumb|View of Puerto Nariño and the Amazon from the viewing platform in the village
Puerto Nariño is the second municipality of the Amazonas department, located on the edge of the River Loretoyaco, from Leticia and from Bogotá. The average temperature is .
History
The town was founded on August 18, 1961, by a doctor named José Humberto Espejo Hernández.
Climate
Puerto Nariño has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
References
- Puerto Nariño official website